Bordeaux wine merchant GRM sold to Qeelin Jewellery co-founder
Bordeaux negociant GRM was sold to co-founder of Qeelin Jewellery and two Chinese investors, the company announced today.
Chinese investor buys St-Estèphe château
A Hong Kong company has joined the ranks of Chinese wine estate owners in Bordeaux after securing a deal for cru bourgeois property Château Tour Saint-Fort.
Chinese online liquor retailer Jiuxian set to boost imported wine business
One of China’s biggest online liquor retailers, Jiuxian, is set to boost its imported wine business in 2016 due to ‘increased demand’ among Chinese consumers.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma buying Bordeaux Château expected to trigger Chinese purchase fever
Jack Ma, founder of multi-billion dollar online retailer Alibaba, has become the latest Chinese investor to buy a Bordeaux wine estate with Château de Sours. DecanterChina.com speaks exclusively to Chinese trade insider on the move.
China-funded bottling plant in South Australia targets Chinese wine market
A new bottling plant in South Australia funded by Chinese investors is set to export more affordable bottled South Australian wines to China.
International: California wine veteran Peter Mondavi dies
Peter Mondavi, part of the Mondavi wine family and one of the most significant individuals in the development of the California wine industry, has died aged 101.
International: sideways play to open in London in 2016
A play of Oscar-winning California wine film Sideways is heading to London in summer 2016.
Ningxia announces wine classification system
China's Ningxia wine region has announced plans for its first winery classification system, in an effort to standardise wine production in the up-and-coming quality wine region in China.
Château Angélus: high-end market in China remains ‘unstable’
The Chinese market for high-end Bordeaux remains ‘unstable’, although imports of French wines increased significantly in 2015, according to Château Angélus.
Chinese customs rejects fewer wines in 2015
Fewer imported wines were rejected by Chinese customs in 2015 amid strong growth in wine import, shows official figures.